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m BtPMTEK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850.
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"CoHSO?Mated Au?. 2, 1881.1
.Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's."
THE TRCE SOUTHBOK, Established Jone, 1866?
SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1882,
New Series-Yoi. I. No. 32.
I|e Matcjjmait mb Sra? jpn.
PnbUs&ed every Tuesday,
-BY THE
Watchman and Southron Publishing
Tr. . - "Company,
pt SUMTER, S. C.
TERMS:
Two Dollars per an DU m-in advance.
AD VS BTISE XX NTS.
One Square, first insertion.$1 00
Every subsequent insertion. 50
Contracts for three months, or longer will
be made.at reduced rates.
AH communications which subserve private
nterests will be charged for as advertisements.
-Obituaries and tributes of respect will be
?fiirgedibr. ... .
Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub?
lished. free?. ?
Foi?- jbb^wofk or contracts for advertising
^d?rti?s^W?tckman and Southron, or applv at
the Office, to Ni G. OSTEEN,"
; <fs - *.c v Business Manager.
CHERAW ?ANO BARONSTQN AND CHERAW
- : ?l ' AND SALISBURY RAILROADS.
/ PRESIDENT'S OFFICE?
Socnrr Kau S.. C., Mav 23, ISSI.
?-\7S AXD AFTER THIS DAT?, TRAINS
J\J on these Roads will run as follows,-every
f except Sunday..
^Lease A?ades.bwro...................... S 40 a tn
jLeave Bennett's.... 9 00 a ra
-. Le??? Morrea.... 9 ?5 a ro
Leave McFarlau .......... 9 25 a m
Leave CLeraw-........-. 10 15 am
Leave Society Hill-?. 10 50 a m
Leave Darlington_........ i I 35 a m
Arriv?t TIerenee?....-. 12 10 p na
% } % -:UP. .: .
Leave Florence_~.-. 12 !0 p m
Leave Ihirliagton.........._. .. 1 20 p m
Leave Society Hill-. 2 10 p m
Arrive at Chera#_. 2 50 p ni
Arrive at Wadesboro ...:. ...... 4 15 p m
The freight train will leave Florence at 6 30 A
M every day except Sunday : making the round
trip to Cheraw every day, and to Wadesboro ?8
often as may be necessary-keeping out of the
inf of passenger train.
: ? . B P TOWNSEND. President.
GERMAN KAINIT,
Direct Impoi ration.
/PERfcFIAlY GUANO,
Direct from the Agent of the Peruvian Gov
. . _ ernment.
FISH GUANO,
6@8 per cent. Ammonia.
tfOVA SCOTIA LAOT PLASTEE.
South Carolina Ground Phosphate,
Fine Gr?nnd and High Grade.
For sale bv
BUM B?LWmKLE,
KERK'S WHARF,
. CHARLESTON S. C.
' Jan^n 3m
THE OLD RELIABLE !
-ONE OF
THE BEST NEWSPAPERS
LS THE SOUTH.
Eo Sensationalism ! Ho Immorality !
ATOIJSTA
Mole an? Oiilii?
1 882.
SUBSCRIBE FOB IT !
TSE ; CHRONICLE AND CONSTITU?
TIONALIST is the oldest newspaper in
the South, and perhaps the oldest in the
United States, having been established io
?785. While thoroughly Democratic in prin?
ciple, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant.
The Chronicle contains the latest news from
all parts .of the world, and is recognized as a
first class paper.
As an advertising medium, it covers the
country in Georgia and South Carolina tribu?
tary to Augusta.
We endeavor to exclude sensationalism.
We publish no articles of an immoral charac?
ter. .
TERMS :
Baily, one. year.S10 00
Tri-Weekly, one year. 5 00
Weekly, one year. 2 00
Address, WALSH & WRIGHT,
jan24-td_.. Augusta; Ga.
PAVILION" HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
THIS POPULAR AND CENTRALLY
located HOTEL having beeu entirely
renovated during the past Summer is now
ready for the reception of the traveling public.
Popular prices ?2 and 2.50 per day.
Special rates for Commercial Travelers.
E. T. GAILLARD,
Oct 25 : Proprietor.
TEE AIMAR HOUSE,
CORNER OF
Yanderhorst and King Sts
HAVING BEEN LEASED BY
Miss Heriot
(Formerly of 190 Meeting-St.,)
IS- NOW- OPEN for the accommodation of
Boarder?. Parties visiting Cbirtestou wi.'
?od this House convelentiy >ituated tor busi?
ness, and directly on the line of Street Railway.
Terms, per day, from $1 25 to $! 50.
" .. *' month, from $25 CO to $30 00,
according to location of rooms-Sre extra.
Feb IS
HILBEBS HOUSET
284 King Street, next to Masonic Tem?
ple, Charleston, S. C.
Rates $1.50 per day, reduced rates by the
week or month, According to location of
rooms.
This house, so well and favorably known
as being a strictly first-class boarding house,
is centrally located, accessible to wholesale
, &nd retail stores, theatres, and places of in?
terest, and especially desirable for business
men or families visiting the city? nothing be?
ing neglected to make its guests comfortable.
?j ^~Agk for carriage at depot.-Respectfully
AIRS. B. H1LBERS PKorKiLTRESS
Sept 20-1881.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
HAVING renewed my Lease of "The Grand
Central Hotel" for a term cf years, I
beg leave to inform the Public that lue House 1
has been thoroughly re-painted, and is now |
fcrnished with new and improved Biack
Walnut Furniture, Wire Spring Beds with
best Hair Mattresses, Velvet and Brussels
Carpets. Electric Annunciators connect with
every room, and the Hotel is connected 1
through the Columbia Telephonic Exchange
with -every prominent place of business 1
throughout the City. These ad vantages, with
competent attendants, warrant roe in assuring j
the traveling Public as good accommodations
as theSonth can afford.
JOHN T. WILLEY, Proprietor.
_Sept20 _3m_
CC&UM?ATH?T?L
^ ?._;N. LOWRANCE, Proprietor
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Table, Booms and Servants First-class.
* \ RATES REASONABLE.
Sep^O-3m
BraBER~STAMPS
MME STAMPS FOR MARKM CLOTHING ?
with iidellibic ink, or for printing vL?hiDg
card3, acd
STAMPS OF ASY KIND
Callte C. P. OSlKEN,
M the Watchman and Southron Office.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND
AUGUSTA R. R.
ON and after Jan. 1st. 1SS2, the following
schedule will be run on this Road :
MG HT EXPRESS AND MAIL TRAIS. (Daily )
(Nos. 47 West and 48 East.)
Leave Wilmington-.10 15 p m
Arrive ai Ficreace.. 2 20 a m
Leave Florence.....2 50 a in
Leave Sumter.4 20 a a
Arrive at Columbia...... 6 lu a m
Leave Columbia.........10 00 p m
Leave Sumter... .12 0$ a m
Arrive at Florence-. 134 a m
Leave Florence. I 52 a m
Arrive :a Wilmington. 6 20 a m
This Train stops only at Brinkley's, White
ville.. Flemington, Fair Bluff, Marion. Florence,
Tinrmonsville. MayesviUe, Sumter, Camden
Junction and Eastover.
TB ROU GB -FREIGHT TRAIN.
l>aily, except Sundays.
Leave Florence?. ........ ll 40 p m
Leavft Sumter. 2 2$ a m
Arrive at Columbia. 5 30 a m
Leave Columbia......- . - 5 00 p m
Leave Sumter_. 8 20 p tu
Arrive at Florence....ll 10 p m
LOCAL FREIGHT-(Daily except Sunday.)
Leave Florence.". 6 00 a m
Arrive at Sumter. '0 55 a m
Leave Sumter...:.;.ll 40 a m
Arrive at Columbia. 4 00 p m
Leave Columbia. 7 00 a m
Arrive at Sumter.ll 15 a m
Leave Sumter...12 15 p m
Arrive at ?lorence..v..... 5 10 p m
A. POPE, G. P. A. .
JOHN F. DIVINE. General Sup't.
Columbia and Greenville Bail Hoad.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBIA, S. C., August 31. ISSI.
ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, September
1st, ISSI, Passenger Trains will run as
herewith indicated, upon this road and its
branches-Daily except Sundays :
No. 42 Up Pa>senger.
Leave Columbia (A).ll 20 a m
Leave Alston........._...12 26 p m
Leave Newberry.I 21 p m
Leave Hodges..-. 3 52 p m
Leave Belton ..;.. 5 05 p m
Arrive at Greenville... 6 27 p m
No. 43 Down Passenger.
Leave Greenville nt.10 33 a m
Leave Belton....ll 57 a m
Leave Hodges. 1 12 p m
Leave Newberry. 3 47 p m j
Leave Alston... . 4 46 p m
Arrivent Columbia (F). 5 50 p m j
SPARTANBURG, UMOJ? & Har JIB IA R. R.
No. 42 Up Passenger.
Leave Alston.12 -JO p m
Leave Spartanburg, S U <t C Depot (B) 4 03 p m
Arrive Spartanburg R 4 D Depot (EJ 4 12 p m
No. 43 Down Passenger.
Leave Spartanburg RAD Depot (P) 12 4S p m
Leave Spartanburg S U ?fe C Depot (G) I ?7 p ra
Leave Union. 2 36 p m j
Arrive at Alston. 4 36 p m i
?7 " LADRENS RAIL ROAD.
Leave Newberry.- ~. 3 55 p m j
Arrive at Laurens C H. 6 45 p m
[-cave Laurens C H. S 30 a m J
Arrive at Newberry.ll 30 a m j
ABBEVILLE BRANCH. j
Leave Hodges... 3 56 p m j
Arrive at Abbeville. 4 4? p ru j
Leave Abbeville.12 15 p m j
Arrive at Hod ses. 1 05 p m ?
BLCE RIDGE R. R. ?fe ANDERSON BRANCH.
Leave Belton. 5 OS p ra j
Le?ve Anderson.- .... 5 41 p m j
L^ave Pendleton. 6 20 p m
LeWc Senaca fC). 7 20 p m
Arrive at Walhalla. 7 45 p tn
Leave Walhalla..- . 9 23 a m j
Leave Seneca (L>). 9 54 a m j
Leave Pendleton. 1? 30 a m j
Leave Anderson..-.- . 1 12 a tn
Arrive at Belton .11 4S a m
On and :ifter above rtate through oxrs will be j
run between Columbia and Hendersonviile with? j
out change.
CONNECTIONS.
A-With South Carolina Rail Road from
Charleston; with Wiiiningtun Columbia ?fe Au
gusta R R from Wilmington and all points north
th^roof; with Charlotte, Columbia ?fe Augusta
Rail Road from Charlotte and points uo:th
thereof.
B-With Asheville <fc Spartanburg Rail Road
for points in Western N- C.
C-With A. & C. Div. R ?fe L. R. R. for all
points South and West.
D-With A. ?fe C. Div. R. ?fe D. R. R. from At
'ant* and beyond.
K-With A ?fe C. Liv. R. ?S: D. R. R. for all
points South and West.
F-With South Carolina Rail Road for Char
lesion : with Wilmington, Columbia <fe Augusta
Rail R?-.ad for Wilmingion ani the North ; will
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Rail Road for
Charlotte arid the North.
t?-With Asheville & Spartanburg Rail 3oad
from llendersonville
li-With A. ?fe C. Div. R. ?fe D. R. R. from
Charlotte ?fe beyond.
Standard time used is Washington, D. C.
wbieb is fifteen minutes faster than C-duiuhia.
J. W. FRY, Sup't.
A. POPE, General Passen ser Agent.
August SO ISSI tf. j
South Carolina Railway Co. I
COMMENCING FEBHUARY 13th, 1SS2. j
Passenger Trains oa Camden Brunch will j
ruu as follows, until further notice:
EAST TO COLUMBIA.
Leave Camden . 7 40 ara.;
Leave Camilen Junction. 9 ?0 a in ;
Arrive at Columbia.12 13 p m j
i
WE.-T FKoM COLUMBIA-DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
Leave Columbia. 4 05 a ni... 4 15pm
Arrive Oumdf-n Juuetion, 12 II p m... 6 00 p m
Arrive at Camden. 2 15 p ui... 7 13 p m
EAST TO CHARLESTON ANO AUGUSTA
Leave Camden. 3 HO p m
Leave Camden June*. 4 19 p ra
Arrive at Charleston. ? ?0 p m
Arrive at Augusta. 7 35 a m
WEST KRoM CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA
Leave Charleston. 7 45 a ra
Leave Augusta. 4 45 p HI
Arrive Camden June'.12 01 p m
Arrive at Camden. 2 15 p m j
CONNECTIONS.
Columbia and Greenville Railroad b->ih way.-,
foe all points on that Road and on the Spar
tanburg. Union and Columbia and Spartanburg !
and Ashville Railroads, also with tho Char- I
lorre. Columbia a?d Augusta Railroad to and i
from ail points North by trains leaving Camden i
at 7 40 a m, and arriving at 7 lop tn.
Connections made at Augusta to all points 1
West and South; also at Charleston with j
Steamers for New York and Florida-vu Wed- |
ne-days and Saturdays
Trains on Camden Branch run daily except j
Suuday. On main line. Columbia aud Augusta i
Divisions, trains run daily. Pullman Cars are ;
run between Charleston and Washington, on \
trains arriving at Columbia 12:12 and depart- j
ing at 4:15 P. M. Loca! sleepers between i
Charleston, Columbia and Augusta
On Saturdays ROUND TRIP TICKETS are j
sold to and from all Stations at r>no 2rst class ?
fare for ihe round trip-tickets being good till j
.Monday noun, to return. Kxt-ur.-ion tickets j
good for 10 days are regulaily on sale io and j
from all stations at 6 cents ?-er mile fer P/U.nd j
trip.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points, can be j
purchased by applying to James J ?nc.-. Agent ;
at Camden. ' D. C. ALL KN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent. !
JOHN B. PECK, Geneial Manager.
Charleston, C ?
NORTH-EASTERrTRiTGOT j
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, I
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. ??
CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 23, lt?82. ?
On and after tbis date the following Sebe- !
du!e will h? run, Sundays included :
Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence.
8 00 A. M.12 55 P. M.
4 40 P. M.". 2 00 A M.
8 15 P. il.1 30 A. M.
Leave Florence. Arrive C'"irIc$ton.
2 40 A. M.6 Su A. M.
11 35 A. M.4 35 p M.
12 10 A. M.9 20 A. M.
Train leaving Florence at 2 40 A. M. will
stop for vvav passengers.
J. F. DIVINE, Cen'l Supt. j
P. L. CLEA POL', Gen'I. Ticket Agent.
"ROBERT HOUGH & SONS.
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN *
Brandies, Wies ai WMsiies,
44 South-Street, Baltimore, Md.
December S
THE FARMER'S WIFE
-o
BT PAUL HAMILTON HAYXE.
Bird-like, she's up at day-dawn'i blush
In summer heats or winter snows
Her veins with healthful blood aflush,
Her breath of balm, her cheek a rose
In eyes-the kindliest eyes on earth
Are sparkles of a homely mirth ;
Demore, arch humor's ambushed in
The clear curves of ber dimpled chin.
Ah ! guileless creature, hale and good,
Ah 1 fount of wholesome womanhood,
Far from the world's unhallowed strife
God's blessing on the Farmer's Wife 1
I love to mark her matron charms.
Her fearless steps through household
Her sun-burnt bunds and buxom rams,
Her waist unbound by torturing stays
Blithe as a bee, with busy care,
She's here, she's there, she's everywhere
Long ere the clock bas struck for noon
Home chords of toil are all in tune:
ADd from each richly bounteous hour
She drains its use, as bees a flower
Apart from Passion's pain and strife,
Peace gently girds the Farmer's Wife.
Homeward (his daily labors done)
The stalwart farmer slowly plods,
From battling, between shade and sun,
With sullen glebe and stubborn sods.
Her welcome on his spirit bowed
Is sunshine flashing on a cloud !
All vanished is the brief eclipse I
Hark 1 to the sound of wedded lips,
And words of tender warmth that start
From out the husband's grateful heart!
O I well be knows how vain his life,
Unsweetened by the Farmer's Wife !
But lo I the height of pure delight
Comes with the evening's stainless joys
When by the hearthstone spaces bright
Blend the glad tones of girls and boys:
Their voices rise iu gleeful swells.
Their laughter rings like el6n bells,
Till with a look 'twixt smile and frown
The mother lays ber infant down,
And at her firm, uplifted hand,
There's silence 'mid the jovial band ;
Her signal stills their harmless strife
Love crowns with law the Farmer's Wife
Ye dames in proud, palatial halls
Of lavish wiles and jewelled dress,
On whom, perchance, no infant calls
(For barren oft your lovel ?ness)
Turn bitherward those languid eyes
And for & raomeut's space be wise ;
Your sister 'mid the country dew
Is three times nearer Heaven than you,
And where the palms of Eden stir,
Dream not that ye shall stand by her,
Tho* in your false, bewilderisg life,
Your folly scorned the Farmer's Wife 1
AN ALLS FAREWELL ADERES
-0
Delivered January 3c?, 1882, by J.
Thorpe. Esq., D. D G. M., to t
' officers and menders of the Fiche
Lodge, No. 28, I. 0. O F.,
Granite ville, S. C.
[From the Aiken Journal and Review.]
MY DEAR BRETHREN-My offici
term of D. D. G. M., over this j in?
fliction is about to close, and I do n
know how soon I wil! be able to me
with you again, as I expect to lea'
in a few days for another part of tl
State: therefoie it will devolve upc
the next Grand Lodge to appoi
some other suitable poison to occuj.
this responsible position at the ne:
meeting of the Grand Lodge, as
will be impossible for me to occup
the position any longer. I have bec
connected with this order upwards <
27 years, both officially and othe
wise, and during that long perio
many questions have been discussed
in which I have always been ready t
take a part, and in those discussion
1 may have said something not plea.1
ing to some-but pleasing to others
but whatever I may have said c
whatever my decisions may hav
been, they have all been said an
given in truth and for the advance
meut of human character; for Od
Fellowship is an institution of powe
when properly appreciated ; the tru
intent and design of all its ceremonies
mystic rites, forms and symbols, is h
elevate and improve, not only it
members, but mankind, and when
ever the pure teachings of Odd Fel
Iowship fail to improve and ?lev?t*
and make men better, and more con
siderate and thoughtful the fault v.
with those who impart its rnysteriei
by its forms and ceremonies, or ir
those who receive them. Ode
Fellowship fixes, defines and points
out all the duties of man to himsell
and his relations to society. It en
tors the family and points out thc
obligations we owe there requiring ns
to perform all the duties of a good
father, a kind husband an obedient
son and an affectionate brother. It
goes from the family to the business
and social circles of society and re?
quires us to be true and faithful to
our friends, faithful to ail the promises
we make, the pledges we give, and
the vows we voluntarily assume, lt
treats of our duty to the Government
and State in which we live, making
it obligatory to be faithful to our coun?
try, and to maritain ils honor and dig?
nity at all times and in all places ; it is
silent on no subject that concerns man
and all his relations. Let us be true
to Odd Fellowship and faithful to all
its dearest interests and be more
deeply impressed with the sublime
and groat monti lessons that it teach?
es, remembering that its character
and 'teachings are universal, and for
all time to come. J>e vigilant in the
discharge of every duty ; as good
Odd Fellows you must remember that
the Odd Fellows' Lodge is :iot thc
church, or a subordinate for it. each
has its mission and its appropriate
sphere, but the mission of the church
is higher and more sacred than that
of our fraternity. Odd Fellowship
is of human origin ; it cia" ns no
Divine commission ; it docs not pro?
fess to reconcile God and man, it is
powerless to change the human heart ;
it cannot save a soul from death,
these are the pcrogatives of omnipo?
tence. The misi?n of Odd Fellow?
ship is rather with $e present than
with the hereafter, v/rih things tem?
poral than with things cofcimal. it?la
bors and infJivnces are duNtV^d^X
benefit man, it seelis to open the hum
tains of benevolence and stretches out
its hands to SIVC-TT the needy and the
orphan, to dry the /widows tears-0'"1
cause the sun to shine where shadow j
rested, to make lite a joy and not a I
burden, and to smooth the pillow and !
rugged pathway of suffering" and i
death ; it concedes to the church the j
more honored, influential and sacred j
positions, but strives, in its own pecu- j
cnliar way, as a handmaid to the
church, to assist her in every good
and perfect work. Here we are all
citizens of one country, which is the
great globe itself, members of one
family, which is the entire human
race ; children of one father, who is
God, and the foundation stone upon
which the superstructure rests, is the
recognition and practical application
ox the great principle of the universal
brotherhood of mau. The practice of]
charity is incumbent upon all men, but
the principles of brotherhood which,
as I said, is the foundation of our in?
stitution, more especially enjoins it
upon us. Clarity is enjoined as a
duiy upon Odd Fellows by the gen?
ius of tLe institution, aud nowhere is
its importance more plainly set forth
than in the description which the
bible gives of the events of thc last j
cay, and the denizens of the earth ^
will be divided imo two great com?
panies, and the blessed of tue Father
will be invited to inherit the kingdom.
And what is the reason of this ex?
ceeding great reward ? because ye
kept every jot and tittle of my law ;
because ye built my churches, and
paid tithes, etc., not so, but because
I hungered and ye gave me meat;
I was thirsty and ye gave me drink ;
I was a stranger and 3'e took me in ;
naked and ya clothed me ; I was in
prison and ye came unto me. View?
ed in the light in which I have dis?
cussed it, what a thing of beauty is
the institution of Odd Fellowship ; it
is eminently practical in its design and
operations, and carefully adapted to
the wants, weaknesses and aspirations
of human nature. It applies to the
family relation in all its beauty and
attractiveness to the entire human
race. Recognizing God as the
Father, it teaches that all men are
brethren, and inculcates the exercise
toward all of those virtues which
adorn and knit together the domestic
circle. And now, my brethren, let
us endeavor to follow these precepts
aud glean for every one of you a
lesson for the year, by visiting the
sick, relieving the distressed, bury?
ing the dead and educating the
orphau and visiting the fatherless
and widow in their affliction, and to
keep yourselves unspotted from the
world.
Fraternally and affect-ly yours,
JOSEPH G. THORPE, I). D. G. M.
A Romance About Lace.
One of the recent improvements in
the production of lace is the introduc?
tion of shaded tints iu the flowers and
patterns, giving them the relief of a pic?
ture. This effect is produced by vary?
ing the application of the two stitches
used io rr. akin g th 1 flowers-the 'toile,'
which forms the close tissue, and the
'grille/ employed in the more open
part of the pattern. The system is so
successfully applied to the lace of France
that it has been adopted with the great?
est success.
There is a legend regarding the in ?
troduction of this manufacture into
Flanders. A poverty-stricken but pious
young girl was dying of love for a young
man whose wealth precluded all hopes
of marriage. One night as she sat
weeping at her sad fate, a beautiful lady
entered the cottage, and, without saying
a word, placed ou her knees a green
cloth cushion, with its bobbins filled
with fine threads which on autumn eve?
nings float io the air, and which the
people call 'fils de ?a Vierge.'
The lady though of romantic bearing,
was a practical manufacturer. She sat
down io silence, and with ber nimble
fingers taught the unhappy maiden how
to make al! sorts of patterns and com?
plicated stitches.
As daylight approached, the maiden
bad learned her art, and the mysterious
visitor disappeared. The price of lace
soon made the poor girl rich. She mar?
ried the mau of her choice, and, sur?
rounded by a l.:rge family, lived nappy
and rich, for she had kept the ioorct
for herself.
Oue evening when the little folks
were playing round her knee by the
fireside, and her husband sat fondly
watchiug the happv group, the lady
suddenly made her appearance among
them. Her bearing \vas distant. She
seemed stern and sad, and this time ad?
dressed her protege in a trembling
voice,
'Here,' she said, 'you enjoy peace
and abundance, while without are fam?
ine and trouble. I helped you ; you
have uot helped year neighbors. Thc
aDgels weep for yuu and turn away
their faces.'
So the next day the woman arose,
and going forth with the green cushion
and its bobbins in ber hands, went from
cottage to cottage, offering all who
would be taught to instruct them in the
art she had herself miraculously learned.
So they also became rich, and Belgium
became famous for iLis manufacture.
Philadelphia Su/urday Nif ?ht.
A paper published at Austin, Texas,
says: 'Heretofore the pecan crop, as
a source of revenue, has attracted but
little attention No care whatever has
been taken of the trees ; in fact, rn many
localities, trees 50 to 100 years old have
been cut down solely to obtain the nuts.
Before the civil war the exports from
the port of Indianola alone were report?
ed at $100,000 ; now it is estimated
that the amount annually gathered ex?
ceeds J2JII10.000 in value. With prop?
er care of the trees ami systematic gath?
ering of the crop, it is believed that
310,000,000 could be realized aonual
ly. Millions of bushels are l?st every
year by fulliug upon the ground aud
rotting, or being devoured by hogs,
squirrels, turkeys, and other animals
and birds. Except in inclosed pastures no
claim is made by thc owners of the laud
to the fruitage of the trees. Mexicans
and negroes are the pecan gatherers j
and in soiufc/lisfricts white children ?
. ? >. fi -
eaine a sai ut or any
eca^jig to cultivate j
art fcf ?;</S??aractcr or j
County Commissioners.
An Act Defining; their Duties and Powers.
An act to define the duties of County
Commissioners, County School Com?
missioners, and County Treasurers,
in reference to the, auditing, allow?
ing aud payment of claims, and to
require annual reports of ali claims
audited., allowed and paid by them
to be made to the Court of General
Sessions.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and Bouse o? Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same :
That the county Commissioners of the
several counties of said State shall
keep ir. their several offices a "file
book,''in which all claims presented
for their consideration shall be filed
by their clerk, designating the date
filed, by whom presented, and to
whom said claim belongs, aud the
character and amount of said claims.
The said clerk shall also number said
claims in the order in which they are
filed, audited and allowed, from num?
ber one upwards.
SEC. 2. That the county commis?
sioners shall draw their, checks upon
the county treasurers of their respec?
tive counties, in payment of said
claims, oct of any funds in the treas?
ury applicable to the payment thereof.
Provided, that no such checks shall
be drawn by the said county com?
missioners until they shall have been
iormally notified by the county treas?
urer that there are sufficient funds in
the county treasury applicable to the
payment of such cheeks.
SEC. 3. That county commissioners
and county school commissioners
shall make an annual report of all
claims filed, audited and allowed and
ordered paid by them during each
fiscal year, to the presiding judge at
the first tenn of the Court ot General
Sessions for each county which shall
be held after the first day of January
in each year ; which report shall be
submitted by said judge to the grand
jury for their examination, with the
assistance, if necessary, of some com?
petent persons to be appointed by the
presiding judge, at a compensation of
five dollars per day for each day so
engaged ; provided, that no pay shall
be received under this section for
more than four days. After examina?
tion the grand jury shall report there?
on to the presiding judge any matter
growing out of, or pertaining to, said
annual report, which to them may
seem worthy of the attention of the
Court. The said report shall there?
upon be filed by the clerk of said
court, and kept as papers of said
court for inspection by any citizen
desirious of examining the same.
?EC. 4. That the county treasu?
rers of the several counties of said
State shall not pay any claims against
their respective comities upon orders
of county commissioners, except as
hereinbefore provided for, and the}'
shall make au annual report to the
presiding judge, at the first term of
the Court of General Sessions in their
respective counties which shall be
held after the first day in January in
each year, of the number, character
and amount of said claims paid by
them on orders of county commis?
sioners and county school commis?
sioners, and to whom paid ; which
report shall be submitted by said
judge to the grand jury for their ex?
amination and peall be filed by the
clerk cf said Court and kept in his
office for public inspection.
SEC. 5. That if after examination
of said reports of county commission?
ers, county school commissioners and
treasureis, the grand jury shall find
any discrepancies between the re?
ports, or any irregularities therein,
or any embezzlements of or extrava
gances in tue expenditures of public
funds, they shall present the same to
the said Court, and orders shall be
taken thereon as shall meet the ends
of justice.
SEC G. That said reports of county
commissioners county school com?
missioners and treasures shall be
published at least two weeks before
the sitting of said Court by said offi?
cers or their several clerks in some
newspaper published in said county.
SEC. 7. That the county Commis?
sioners of the several counties of said
State shall, on or before the 15th
day of November of each year, make
a report to the comptroller-general of
the number, character, and amount
of claims audited, allowed and order?
ed to be paid by them for the fiscal
year ending OD the 81st of October
proceeding said loth day of Novem?
ber, to be by him submitted to the
General Assembly for their informa?
tion in In's annual report, and all
claims against a county not presented
during thc fiscal year iu which they
are contn.ctcd or the next thereafter
shall be forever barred. They shall j
also make out in said report an esti- ?
mate of the amount of money which
it will be neccessary to raise by tax?
ation in their several counties for
county purposes for the current fis?
cal year, which shall also be embodied
in the comptroller-general's annual
report to the General Assembly.
SEC S. That any violations of the
foregoing Sections by the county
commissioners, county school com- j
mission^.-. and county treasurers, I
shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and, j
upon conviction there? 1 in the Court i
of General Sessions, the party so of-!
fending shall be sentenced by thc pre- ?
siding judge before whom convicted I
to pay a fine of not less than one hun- j
dred dollars, or be imprisoned in the j
county jail not less than one month, j
lt shall also bc the dui}' of the several ?
circuit solicitors to prosecute any vi- j
elation of this Act.
SEC. i>. That this Act shall not take j
effect until on and after 1st Novem- !
ber, ?SS2 !
SEC. 10. That all Acts and parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act bc
and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved tho 9th day ot February,
A.D 1882.
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Johnny was hit in th : back of the
he.id by a ball. Thc bawl immediately
came out of his-?iouth.
Is the ?Snd Near?
Professor Proctor, the eminent as?
tronomer, has gone and mentioned
some very unpleasant facts, lie finds
that the comet of 1688 and the comet
of 1843 were the same, and that the
comet of 1880 was still the same, its
period of revolution having been re?
duced by its passing so near the sun
as to be impeded by the corona and
its velocity lessened. In 1880 it pass?
ed still nearer ; and, after a few rev?
olutions, it must fall into the sun.
The vast momentum of the comet be?
ing converted into its equivalent t>f j
heat will cause a sudden outburst of!
solar energy like that caused in the
star in tue constellation Corona a few
years ago. That star increased in
light and heat several hundred times
its former power, and, after a few
days, subsided to its former size
ninth magnitude. Now, if our sun
should increase a hundred-fold its
power, every living thing, animal and
vegetable, would be destroyed in the
course of a few hours. The sea would
boil, and possibly be converted in?
to stearn ; the rocks would be vitrified,
and there would be no safety even in
the deepest cavern. Don't smile, gen?
tlemen, for this is a very serious piece
of business. When will it happen?
Perhaps at the next revolution. Prox?
imity to the sun at its perihelion re?
duced its period from 175 to 37 years.
A proportionate reduction from 37
would make its next perihelion un?
pleasantly near. There is little com?
fort to be found in the fact that the
effects of this new fall to the sun will
be very transient. In a few days af?
ter the big blaze the sun will resume
its normal heat, but the earth and j
Venns will be cinders, and the ocean \
-which had been vaporized by the j
heat-will be falling ir. cataracts of
rain like Niagara. All the monu?
ments of man, all his history, all mem?
ory of him utterly gone, and all inter?
est will have ceased in reform within
the Democratic party in this State.
The return of the.comet of 1880 will
be watched with intense interest.
Meantime, one may draw some com?
fort from the fact that geology fur?
nishes no record of such an event.
All the millions of yeats of geologic
cycles give no hint of such a catastro?
phe in former ages. If such things
occurred, there would be among the
millions of stars frequent blazes of this
kind, and there would be a mark or
so to show when it happened here.
This, however, is not a very satisfac
tory argume t. The fact that it has
not happened docs not show that it
will not happen.-Ballimore Ameri?
can.
Land Revolution in Great
Britain.
A great revolution is impending in
Great Britain. lu ten years only three
good harvests have been gathered iu the
British island. The climate has so
changed that wheat cannot be grown
profitably in Great Britain or Ireland.
The weather continues wet during most
of the Summer, and hence there is plen?
ty of grass and good pasturage. Vege?
tables can also bc grown, but not the
cereals. Then American competition
also had its effect. Wheat from Dako
to or California can be sold in Liver?
pool cheaper than it caa be grown in
the British islands The effect has
been to ruin the British farmer, and to
deprive the landlord of his revenues.
The trish people were the first to revolt,
and two thirds of the farmers of that
couotry have declined to pay any rent.
The farmers in Scotland and England
are also moving, and they are holdiug ,
conventions to have the land laws
changed, and the rights of tenants re?
cognized as in Ireland. The present .
century will undoubtedly see the laws
of primogeniture, entail, and settlement
swept away, thus allowing free trade in
land. With the old laud laws will dis?
appear the great bulwarks of the aris- 1
tocracy. We live iu revolutionary
times, and that which is taking place in
Euglaud is of the very first importance
to the ?eople of that country.
The Mormon Iniquity.
The discussion iu Congress of the
Mormon pest has again aroused pub- ]
lie opinion on that greatest of all in?
iquities.
The question of how it can be hid- ,
den from view without offending the i
Saints in Utah is being considered,
and the end of the debate and the ,
session of Congress will no doubt find
the subject iu the same position as at
present. (
There is but one solution of the ,
problem-eradicate the evil, quietly ,
if possible, but stamp it out of exis?
tence at the poiut of the sword if
needs be.
Let Congress take hold of the mat- ,
ter promptly, and let the majesty of |
the law step in and say to these peo- j
pie : Live as other people live or
leave the country !
American women have been insult?
ed long enough.
Let their lathers, brothers, sons and
husbands now come to the rescue,
and dethrone this harlot of the West,
and teach these people that they can
no longer offend decency by their
free-love pranks.
The wretches arc poisoning the
minds of the young and* innocent.
Victims from all parts o; the world
arc led tc the slaughter and their bodies
made sacrifices for fiends in human
shape.
Every man and woman of common 1
sense is in favor of crushing this mon-!
stcr now ano forever.
Blow it cut of existence if it fills '
the great Salt. Lake with human ;
blood !-Kc: York Presa.
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Thc quarrel that broke out in a party j
of five at a baru raising in North Caro- ?
lina last week was between two men j
only; but when one man killed thc j
other by throwing an axe at bim he
lost his footing lu tho effort, fell and
broke his neck, and tho ethers were so ;
excited that they let go a log, which :
crushed to death another of the party, j
"Too big for his business," as the :
lady said to the sweep who stuck in j
thc chimney. ;
Two Husbands at Fourteen.
BOSTON*, February 15.-A wedding
took place in Dames Quarter District,
Somerset county, Md., February 5,
under circumstances which have prob?
ably never been paralleled in this
country. On the date named H. E.
Whyte, a boy of seventeen, and of
excellent character, married a pretty
little brunette named ElIaSbores,aged
fourteen, thus giving the girl a
second husband withir .; period of
two years. On February 5, 1880, pre?
cisely two years from the date of this
marriage, the residents of Dames*
Quarter were greatly excited by learn?
ing that Sidney Shores, a farmer aged
sixty-five years, Ind married Ella
Shores, the twelve-year-old daughter
of his deceased wife by a former hus?
band. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Zacharias Brown, a Meth?
odist Episcopal clergyman, who, as
shown afterwards, was deceived by
Shores as to the child's age and did
uot know she was his step-daughter.
At that time there were threats of
lynching the bridegroom, and a mob
visited his house one night to hang
him. Shores, however, who is an old
soldier, showed fight and beat off the
mob. After the man had lived with
the child as bis wife for four days the
county authorities took cognizance of
the affair and arrested him. Shores
was committed to jail in default of
bail, and the giri was taken charge of
by friends and removed from Shores'
house. The feeling agaiust Shores
was further aggravated by the fact
that bis wife, who was the widow of
his uncle, had only been dead a
month when he married the girl.
Some months later Shores was tried
at t?e County Court, convicted of
misdemeanor and sentenced to pay a
fine of ?500, and stand committed to
jail until it was paid. The clergyman
was acquitted on the ground that he
had not known the facts of the case.
Shores, being a poor man, could not
pay his fine and would, doubtless,
have been in jail to-day had he not
succeeded in escaping last year, since
which time he has not been heard of.
Meanwhile the girl wife, by friends,
applied for a divorce, when applica?
tion was heard last Fall and grauted.
Thoughout her troubles, Whyte, her
second husband, displayed the most
Quixotic solicitude for her and finally
induced her to marry him last week,
as stated. Mrs. Whyte is an unusual?
ly pretty girl, well educated and in?
telligent. Several prominent residents
of the county have taken au. interest
in the welfare of the young couple
and will help to establish the bride?
groom in business.
The Prize Cat Essay.
The prizes in the New York Cat
Show have been distributed, ''Spot,**
the performing feline, drawing $250
and a gold medal. The prize for
thc- cat essay ($10) was awarded to
Walter C. Quevedo, Brooklyn, his
effort-being the best of 557. It was
attached to a common wooden .'Tip" ,
cat, such as little boys play with. It
was as follows : -'This is a Cat.**
The inclosed cat knocked at our
ofiice window a few years ago, and
then came in without being introduc- (
ed. Since then it has never eaten |
anything nor shown an inclination to ,
become .acquainted with the back i
fence. It is perfectly docile, but is |
apt to jump when stroked upon the
back. Besides this species there are
two other kinds of cats-the cat of <
nine tails and the cat of nine lives. [
The cat proper and improper derives j
his name from the manner in which j
you address him at night, thus- ,
'.Scat!" ,
The cat is a cuss that mews and ,
puns, becuss pu rr-haps it a-mew-ses
him. Ile is covered with fur, is fill- j
ed with deceitfulness and abounds in i
cheek. I said that on purr-puss. He ?
can place himself outside of a canary j
in full bloom, and then come and j
sit by your side and look up in ,
your face with a smile that is '-child- (
like and bland,'* chuck full of peni- :
fence and canary. Can:ary other ani- ,
mal do this ? His fur is soft and
glossy, but what this is fur I cannot
say. It isn't so soft, however, but
what it will break bricks. The cat is '
a smaller bird than the mule. As a
general thing the cat can draw more
than any other animal except a mus- *
tard plaster. I have known him to
draw two bootjacks, a scuttle of coal,
two oi three charges out of a gun, j
two or three swears out of a man, and j
other articles ol bedroom furniture
out of a third-stoiy window. This [
can also be said of the average Ger- j
man band. In fact they are some?
what related, at the discoverer of the
fiddle, listening to the music of a cat,
cut him open co see where the noise
came from, and thus laid the founda?
tion for fiddle strings. Cats and fid- (
dies thus became viol-instigators of ]
suicides. They are unfeeline. I .
would say something about the cat-o'- {
nine tails, but it is a painful subject ; (
another reason is, I don't known any- ?
thing about them. See Mr. Beigh.
Please send the S10 by any of my
kind reportorial friends. Yon might
also send a policeman with the re?
pel ter. Yours, categorically.
Cows in Milk.
In many countries, says the Agricul?
tural Gazette, part or all the field work
is done by cows, and if these cannot be j
well cared for, or if they are over work- |
cd, the flow of milk is immediately more j
or less diminished. On the other side,
the advantages of a moderate exercise ?
for the cows ou<rhtuct to be underrated, j
Cows want exercise and fresh air as well .
as other animals, and how often do they ?
get little or nothiug of either? How j
can we expect a cow to be healthy if she !
is kept altogether iu the stables where !
she constantly inhales bad air ? and how j
can she bear healthy and fully devel- I
oped calves under such circumstances ? j
Moderate work for cows cannot be con- ;
demncd io principle, provided they are j
not overtired, and the slight decrease
of milk, which is unavoidable, is more j
than covered by the work accomplished.
Cows in milk ought not to work longer, j
than three hours a day. I
NEWS ITEMS.
A fire at Maxey's, Ga., left only one
business house standing.
The Bible bas been translated into
226 languages and dialects, and in the
last eight years 140,000,000 copies
have been circulated.
One hundred thousand rations have
beeu forwarded by the Secretary of War
for the relief of the destitute in the over?
flowed districts io Arkansas and Missis*
sippi.
Fishes, birds, flower garlands, 'lunar*
dots, fern leaves, arabesques, moons
and old geometrical and heraldic figures
are to compose the figures upon some of
the new Spring dress goods.
Last Saturday two mad dogs entered
a church during preaching near town
and created some excitement and alarm
among the worshippers. The dogs were,
killed before any damage was done.
Abbeville Medium.
The prize-fighter Ryan says he meaos
to fight Sullivan again for $5,000.
He professes to feel confident be can
lick him. He says that he lost bis fight
on account of a defective 'truss.'
Some ardent patriot has defaced the
stone erected on the spot where Major
Andre was hanged. Mr. Cyrus W.
Field bad the monument placed there.
An American flag was found floating
above with some very indignant and
threatening verses of the village news?
paper's poet's corner style. It must
have been the work of a crank.
There are now 17,726 locomotives in
the country, of which New England has
1,700, thc Middle Stetes 6,000, thc
Western States 7,800, the Southern
States 1,800, the Pacific States 420.
Pennsylvania has 2,700, New York
2,000. Illinois 1,900, Massachusetts
968, Georgia 303, Virginia 300, and
Florida 38. Thc shops ia the country
now turn .out 2,000 locomotives a year.
Julius Caesar died in the - year 14
B. C., and Jesus Christ was born in eith?
er the fourth or the sixth year before tbe
Christian era. Augustus was Emperor"
of Rome at the time of his birth. Tibe?
rius Claudius Caesar was Emperor at
the time that Christ said, 'Render unto
Caesar the things that are Caesar's.'
Tiberius was still Emperor at the time
of the crucifixion of Christ.
Oue of the characteristic features of
fashion this Spring will be the wearing
of large sashes, which in a measure
will take the place of the full draped
tournures at the back ; and another: will
be the adoption of wide collars, which
will be worn with 'deep cuffs to match.
The dress bodice will be slightly open for
dressy occasions when this collar is
worn, or a fichu of mull can be used
where the collar is not becoming, which
is to be draped over the bosom quite io
the Charlotte Corday style.
There was a ball in Elliott County,
Ky., and it-had been given out that
nobody from Rowan County would be
permitted to dance. Nickell, a young
bully from Rowan, entered .the hall
with some comrades, and took entire
control of the affair,, not only dancing
himself with the Elliott girls, but pre?
venting any Elliott fellows from going
on the floor. In this emergency the
best pugilist io Elliott was hurriedly sent
for. His name was Tolliver. He came
with alacrity, and boldly took bis place
with a partner in a Virginia reel. The
expected fight between the champions
took place at once Bat it was not an
3D co un ter with fists alone. Both used
pistols. Niokell was killed and Tolliver
wounded.
Congress resolved on June 14, 1777,
'that the flag of the thirteen United
States be thirteen stripes, alternate red
ind white ; that the Union be thirteen
stars, white in a blue field, represent*
ing a new constellation.' This is the
recorded legislative action for the adop?
tion of a national flag. The resolution
eras not promulgated until September 3.
[t is supposed that the flag was first un*
furled by Paul Jones on the Ranger,
[t is not known by whom the stars were
suggested. By some they ' have been
i scribed to John Adams, and by others
it bas been' urged that the entire flag
ivas borrowed from the eoat-of-arms of
;he Washington farrily, but both con*
lectures are without proof, and the lat*
;er is improbable.
The Edison Electric light has been in*
Produced into the government printing
office at Washington, and gives complete
satisfaction. Seventy lights were intro*
luced in lieu of twice that number of
TES jets and a clear, soft, white light
was given which was very much better
;han the larger number under the old
system. The expense of the seventy
lights was estimated ?t ten cents per
liour. They were so arranged that one
Dr all could be extinguished or lighted
it pleasure. It was also noticed that
ibe composing room was much cooler
with their use than when the gas jeta
?vere lighted.
Why Dogs Run Sideways.
More than one person has doubtless
?atertained this speculation. A cor?
respondent of the New York Sun ex*
plains: There are several reasons of a
scientific character why a diagonal posi
of a dog's body to the line of his motion
is the most advantageous for the dog
when going at a trot. 1 He is less
liable to be upset. Any oblong body
moving forward on the ground has &
broader bearing when turned athwart
or diagonally than when going directly
endways A dog gaius fifty per cent,
or more of base by thus running, so
to speak, upon a broad gauge, than wheo
going upon a uarrow guage, that is to
say io a direct line of his length. Be?
ing liable to kicks and blows, and to be
pounced upon by other dogs, it is
obvious that he is able to offer greater
resistance when moving diagonally. 2.
In case of a dog having to turn sud?
denly and run in an opposite direction
-as he is frequently compelled to do
bis diagonal position is then most favor?
able to him, because he is partly turn?
ed around already, and his feet are in s
position to serve bis object most effect?
ively. 3. The diagonal position enables
him to throw a backward glance of his
eyes more readily, so that he is safer
from attack in the rear. The natur?
and habits of dogs arepeeuliary inter?
esting to mankind, and especially to
young people Does not their diagonal
trot slow io a familiar way the woo?
drow faculty of instinct?